Voice After 50

The Toilet Post Got More Likes Than My Charity Fundraiser. When Old Wounds Show Up in New Places

Have you ever put yourself out there — really out there — and been met with silence? In this episode, Beverley shares what happened when she signed up for a charity walking challenge for Dementia UK and reached out to everyone in her social circle for support. What followed was an unexpected lesson in visibility, self-worth and the feelings we think we've long since left behind. From the sting of social media silence to suddenly feeling fourteen again at the edge of the in-crowd, this episode explores what happens when external validation fails to show up — and how we find our way back to ourselves when it doesn't. Honest, unfiltered and deeply personal, this is an episode for every woman who has ever felt unseen, overlooked, or quietly wondered: does anyone actually see me? Topics covered in this episode: — Friendship circles and who really shows up — Social media, worth and the performance of value — When present-day feelings unlock old wounds — The Dementia UK walking challenge — Finding the shift...slowly, mid-walk, in the rain To support Dementia UK directly: https://www.dementiauk.org/donate/ [https://www.dementiauk.org/donate/] Referenced episode — ''Role Reversal After 50: When You Become the Parent to Your Parent': https://rss.com/podcasts/episode-1-welcome-to-voiceafter50-where-experience-finds-its-voice/2364355/ [https://rss.com/podcasts/episode-1-welcome-to-voiceafter50-where-experience-finds-its-voice/2364355/]

Why Women Over 50 Keep Overgiving

You've been saying yes when you meant no for so long, you've almost stopped noticing. In this Season 4 opener, Beverley gets honest about over-giving — not the dramatic, martyr version, but the quiet kind. The kind that looks like capability from the outside and feels like slow disappearance from the inside. Why so many women over 50 end up here, what it actually costs, and why "just say no" misses the point entirely. This isn't a five-step plan. It's a conversation — from someone who's living it too. In this episode: * Why capable women are consistently given more — and how that becomes a trap * The identity question nobody warns you about: if you stop being the one who holds it all together, who are you? * What reclaiming your worth actually looks like (it's quieter than you think) * Why other people's discomfort when you pull back is information, not a reason to abandon yourself again If you've been the reliable one, the capable one, the one who manages — and you're quietly exhausted by it — this one's for you. Voice After 50 is real talk for women who've earned the right to speak their truth. New episodes every Wednesday on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and YouTube.

Being Silly After 50 - The Joy of Not Being Embarrassed Anymore

What nobody tells you about life after 50? The silliness comes back. In this Season 3 finale, Beverley gets into one of the most underrated gifts of midlife — the freedom to be completely, unapologetically ridiculous. Singing loudly in the kitchen. Talking to yourself in he supermarket. Dancing when there's no music. Laughing at your own jokes before you've finished telling them. This isn't about not caring. It's about finally being free enough to just...be. If you've been waiting for permission to stop performing for an invisible audience — this is it. In this episode: * Why the self-consciousness of your 30s seems to quietly disappears after 50 * The specific, silly moments that signal you've arrived at something good * What silliness actually is and why it matters more than we give it credit for Voice After 50 is real talk for women who've earned the right to speak their truth.

Do Soul Mates Really Exist? What I Think After 50

What if the idea of a soul mate is both beautiful and slightly questionable? This episode started with a Friday night, a conversation with my brother, and — I'll be honest — a few rum and cokes. He asked me a simple question: ‘Do you believe in soul mates?’ And I gave him the most unhelpful answer possible. Which, naturally, led to one of the most interesting conversations I've had in a while. Because, the moment you actually try to answer it, you realise it's anything but simple. * What do we even mean by soul mate? * Does it have to be romantic? * Can you have more than one? * And if you've loved deeply more than once in your life, what does that mean for each of those loves? This episode is a little different from our usual territory. It's longer. It's more philosophical, I'll admit that. But it's also very personal and I think, for women at this stage of life, these are questions that quietly matter. We talk about the language we use and why it shapes what we believe. We talk about whether soul-level connection has to be romantic at all. And we sit with the idea that perhaps those of us who have loved more than once aren't confused we're just people with large enough souls to have meant it every time. If you've ever loved deeply, lost, loved again and wondered what all of it means, grab a rum and coke, this one is for you.

Can You Really Be Friends With Your Ex After 50?

Can you really be friends with your ex? It sounds perfectly reasonable in theory — you shared a life; you presumably liked each other once. Surely something can survive the ending? In this episode, Beverley gets honest about her own attempt to do exactly that. Years of post-divorce hostility — covert snidey comments, surveillance through the children, all of it — followed by a genuine effort to draw a line and start again. She meant it. She turned up. And she found out that friendship requires both people to be in the same place. And they weren't. This episode explores the question nobody asks often enough — not just can you be friends with your ex, but how do you know when you've actually let go? And what do you do when you have, but they haven't? There's no tidy resolution here. Just an honest conversation about endings, emotional processing, and the particular clarity that can come from standing on dry land and realising — that ship has well and truly sailed. If you've ever tried to turn a marriage into a friendship or wondered whether you're really over it — or realised that you are, completely, and they aren't — this one is for you.